Noubar Afeyan

Co-Founder at Moderna, Inc.

Noubar Afeyan

Noubar Afeyan

Co-Founder at Moderna, Inc.

Overview

Career Highlights

Flagship Ventures Management, Inc.
Fin.Co NV
Cellarity

RelSci Relationships

5302

Number of Boards

60

Birthday

07/1963

Age

57

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Robert S. Langer, Jr.

Founder at Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Relationship likelihood: Strong

David Berry

President at Epiva Biosciences, Inc.

Relationship likelihood: Strong

Stéphane Bancel

Director & Chief Executive Officer at Moderna, Inc.

Relationship likelihood: Strong

Doug Cole

Managing Partner at Flagship Pioneering

Relationship likelihood: Strong

Theo Melas-Kyriazi

Executive Partner at Flagship Pioneering

Relationship likelihood: Strong

Harry Wilcox

Special Partner at Flagship Pioneering

Relationship likelihood: Strong

Peter Barton Hutt

Professor at Harvard University

Relationship likelihood: Strong

John D. Mendlein

Founder at Fate Therapeutics, Inc.

Relationship likelihood: Strong

Geoffrey von Maltzahn

Co-Founder at Indigo Ag, Inc.

Relationship likelihood: Strong

Stephen Berenson

Managing Partner at Flagship Pioneering

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In The News

PR Newswire

February 25, 2021

Cellarity Raises $123 Million in Series B Funding to Pioneer a New Approach to Drug Discovery, Treating Disease at the Level of the Cell as Opposed to a Single Molecular Target

Chicago Sun-Times

February 24, 2021

America should throw open its doors to immigrant entrepreneurs

The Boston Globe

February 23, 2021

The VC firm that bet big on Moderna; Flagship Pioneering's approach to startups has its critics, but the successes are undeniable

Business Wire

February 22, 2021

Leaders from AWS, Moderna and Microsoft Headline Innovation and Technology Programming at CERAWeek by IHS Markit 2021; Week-long programming on technology, innovation and decarbonization-centered in the "CERAWeek Agora-X"-will be a major focus at the worl

The Canadian Press

February 16, 2021

Canada's vaccine supply from Europe remains secure: Trudeau

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Noubar Afeyan

Co-Founder at Moderna, Inc.

Education

Ph.D. in Biochemical Engineering

Class of 1987

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. MIT has five schools and one college, containing a total of 32 academic departments, with a strong emphasis on scientific, engineering, and technological education and research. Founded in 1861 in response to the increasing industrialization of the United States, the institute used a polytechnic university model and stressed laboratory instruction. MIT was elected to the Association of American Universities in 1934.

B.S. Chemical Engineering

Class of 1983

McGill University

McGill University is a public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1821 during the British colonial era, the university bears the name of James McGill, a prominent Montreal merchant from Glasgow, Scotland and alumnus of Glasgow University, whose bequest formed the beginning of the university.

Memberships

Member

Current

World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council on Emerging Technologies

Career History

Co-Founder

2019 - Current

Cellarity

Co-Founder

2009 - Current

Moderna, Inc.

Moderna, Inc. engages in the development of transformative medicines based on messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA). Its product pipeline includes the following modalities: prophylactic vaccines, cancer vaccines, intratumoral immuno-oncology, localized regenerative therapeutics, systemic secreted therapeutics, and systemic intracellular therapeutics. The company was founded by Noubar B. Afeyan, Robert S. Langer, Jr., Derrick J. Rose and Kenneth R. Chien in 2010 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Co-Founder

2007 - Current

DNIB Unwind, Inc.

DNIB Unwind, Inc. develops biopharmaceutical preparations. The company was founded by Omid C. Farokhzad and Robert S. Langer on May 19, 2006 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Boards & Committees

Chairman

Prior - 2014

Essentient, Inc.

Essentient, Inc. develops transforming global nutrition. The company involves in research and development in biotechnology. The company was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Chairman

2004 - 2010

Codon Devices, Inc.

Codon Devices, Inc. produces pharmaceuticals and biorefineries for the production of industrial chemicals and bio-energy. The firm designs and constructs biological components such as enzymes, biopharmaceuticals, and cell lines for improved function. Its customers include the biotechnology, pharmaceutical, and agriculture sectors. The company was founded by Noubar B. Afeyan, George Church, Drew Endy, Joseph M. Jacobson and Jay Keasling in 2004 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Director

2003 - 2008

Adaptive Therapeutics, Inc.

Adaptive Therapeutics, Inc. develops pharmaceutical products. It develops drugs for applications in anti-bacterial, fungal, viral, and cancer therapeutics. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA

President, Board of Directors

Current

Armenia 2020

Council Member

Prior

World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council on Emerging Technologies

Member, International Advisory Board

Prior

Skolkovo Moscow School of Management

The Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO is the largest private business school in Russia established in 2006, when a number of Russian and international business leaders joined their effort to create a next generation business school. It was founded by 18 Russian and exterior companies and individuals, all of which are recognized industry leaders in their fields: oil and gas industry, metal industry, energy sector, investment, banking and insurance.

Non-Profit Donations & Grants

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$10K - $25K

2018

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. MIT has five schools and one college, containing a total of 32 academic departments, with a strong emphasis on scientific, engineering, and technological education and research. Founded in 1861 in response to the increasing industrialization of the United States, the institute used a polytechnic university model and stressed laboratory instruction. MIT was elected to the Association of American Universities in 1934.

$10K - $25K

2018

American Institute of Chemical Engineers

American Institute of Chemical Engineers is a private company headquartered in New York, NY, with subsidiaries in the United States. The firm operates as a professional organization for chemical engineers.The company says this about itself: AIChE is a professional society of more than 53,000 chemical engineers in 110 countries. Its members work in corporations, universities and government using their knowledge of chemical processes to develop safe and useful products for the benefit of society. Through its varied programs, AIChE continues to be a focal point for information exchange on the frontiers of chemical engineering research in such areas as energy, sustainability, biological and environmental engineering, nano technology, and chemical plant safety and security.

$50K +

2017

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. MIT has five schools and one college, containing a total of 32 academic departments, with a strong emphasis on scientific, engineering, and technological education and research. Founded in 1861 in response to the increasing industrialization of the United States, the institute used a polytechnic university model and stressed laboratory instruction. MIT was elected to the Association of American Universities in 1934.

Political Donations

$2,500

2012

Elizabeth Ann Warren

Senator from Massachusetts

$2,300

2008

Barack Obama

Former President of United States

$250

2008

Tim Cahill

President at Quincy Chamber of Commerce

Transactions

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LS Dissolution, Inc. raised money in a private placement transaction

Investments

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Sana Biotechnology, Inc.

Sana Biotechnology, Inc. engages in the research and development of engineered cells as medicine. It focuses in identifying and developing potential product candidates, executing preclinical studies, and acquiring technology. The company was founded by Steven D. Harr, Noubar B. Afeyan, Robert Taylor Nelsen, and Hans Edgar Bishop on July 13, 2018 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

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Kaleido Biosciences, Inc.

Kaleido Biosciences, Inc. engages in the provision of healthcare services. It focuses on leveraging the microbiome organ to treat disease and improve human health. It offers microbiome metabolic therapies (MMT) which are designed to modulate the metabolic output and profile of the microbiome by driving the function and composition of the organ's existing microbes. The company was founded by Geoffrey von Maltzahn and Noubar B. Afeyan in 2015 and is headquartered in Lexington, MA.

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Indigo Ag, Inc.

Indigo Agriculture, Inc. provides microbial solutions. The firm offers platform for microbiome product discovery and has generated a robust pipeline of candidates for seed, soil, and foliar applications in globally important crops, including corn, soy, wheat, cotton, and vegetables The company was founded by Noubar Afeyan, David A. Berry, and Geoffrey von Maltzahn in 2014 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

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Events

Speaker

Davos, Switzerland

2012 World Economic Forum Annual Meeting

A record 2,600 business, government and civil society leaders – including nearly 40 heads of state or government – participated in the 42nd World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, which took place under the theme The Great Transformation: Shaping New Models. The record participation indicated the international community’s level of concern for the world today, as one crisis after another emerges. It also underscored the commitment of the Forum’s Members, Partners and communities to improving the state of the world.

Speaker

Los Angeles, CA, United States

2011 Milken Institute Global Conference

The 2011 Milken Institute Global Conference brings together some of the most extraordinary people in the world - from entrepreneurs and executives to philanthropists, scientists and Nobel laureates. Together they explore solutions to today's most pressing social, political and economic challenges.

Other Affiliations

Noubar Afeyan is affiliated with Cellarity, Moderna, Inc., DNIB Unwind, Inc., Flagship Ventures Management, Inc., Flagship Pioneering, Evelo Biosciences, Inc., Omega Therapeutics, Inc., Harvard University - Harvard Business School, Joule Unlimited Technologies, Inc., Sana Biotechnology, Inc., Kaleido Biosciences, Inc., Rubius Therapeutics, Inc., Seres Therapeutics, Inc., Axcella Health, Inc., National Competitiveness Foundation of Armenia, LS Dissolution, Inc., Codon Devices, Inc., Epitome Biosystems, Inc., Helicos BioSciences Corp., Selventa, Inc., Affinnova, Inc., BG Medicine, Inc., Color Kinetics, Inc., Celera Group, Applera Corporation, Life Technologies Corp., Celera Corp., Celera Genomics Group, EXACT Sciences Corp., Cephalon, Inc., PerSeptive Biosystems, Inc., Agenus Inc., Indigo Ag, Inc., Modernatx, Inc., Ensemble Therapeutics Corp., Permeon Biologics, Inc., Armenia 2020, Fin.Co NV, MIT Entrepreneurship Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Sloan School of Management, The World Economic Forum, The World Economic Forum USA, Inc., Essentient, Inc., Codon Devices, Inc., Adaptive Therapeutics, Inc., Adnexus, Agenus Inc., ChemGenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc., EXACT Sciences Corp., PerSeptive Biosystems, Inc., T2 Biosystems, Inc., WikiCell Designs, Inc., Crystalplex Corp., AeroDesigns, Inc., Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Deshpande Center for Technological Innovation, Yale Climate & Energy Initiative, Armenia 2020, World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council on Emerging Technologies, Skolkovo Moscow School of Management, Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc., Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Boston University - School of Medicine

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